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Summary: shil lum tao
Review: i am wing chun stundent. and this book is perfect for anybody who wants to learn the shil lum tao form. in wing chun we use such forms, to develop qi, aswell as to practice are techniques. this form is a great qigong excersice. i recomend it to all martial arts practitioners
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Summary: Good Book to Have
Review: The main problem with the book is that the title is misleading. If you are thinking about purchasing this book to learn about chi or how to develop this then this book only deserves a one star, and you will be better off finding another book. However, if you are looking for a book that goes in to detail on the Sil Lum Tao form and diagrams how your internal energy should flow, then this book is for you.Despite it's misleading title this is a good book to own, especially if you are studying Wing Chun.
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Summary: Chi power as it relates to Wing Chun Kuen
Review: The main problem with the book is that the title is misleading. If you are thinking about purchasing this book to learn about chi or how to develop it then this book only deserves a one star, and you will be better off finding another book. However, if you are looking for a book that goes in to detail on the Sil Lum Tao form and diagrams how your internal energy should flow, then this book is for you. Despite it's misleading title this is a good book to own, especially if you are studying Wing Chun.
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Summary: Good Book to Have
Review: The main problem with the book is that the title is misleading. If you are thinking about purchasing this book to learn about chi or how to develop this then this book only deserves a one star, and you will be better off finding another book. However, if you are looking for a book that goes in to detail on the Sil Lum Tao form and diagrams how your internal energy should flow, then this book is for you. Despite it's misleading title this is a good book to own, especially if you are studying Wing Chun.
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Summary: Chi power as it relates to Wing Chun Kuen
Review: This book is not for someone wanting general information and basic chi kung exercises. This book details the flow of chi in doing the first form of Wing Chun, the Sil Lum Tao form. Briefly describes chi meridians, five element theory, and some other chinese medical ideas. Good section on breathing and self massage of some important acupoints on the arms that stimulate the organs through their respective channels. Shows proper Wing Chun blocks and strikes, showing transitional movements and direction of energy. Demonstates complete Sil Lum Tao form, showing chi direction. Ends with a chapter on chi sao techniques and applications. A great book for those interested in Wing Chun, has the best description of the Sil Lum Tao I've seen, compared to about 5 other books. If you want a chi kung book, don't buy this, get Way of Energy by Lam, or his other book, Chi Kung.
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Summary: Good Reference Book, Misleading Title
Review: This is a truly dismal book with a thoroughly misleading title. It contains some sensible dynamic tension exercises (though there are much better books available) which comprise essentially the first form of Wing Chun, some largely unexplained and irrelevant diagrams purporting to show Chi-meridians, but has very little to say about developing 'Chi Power'. This was a cynical 'money for old rope' publication cashing in on a craze.
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Summary: A truly useless book
Review: William Cheung may be an accomplished martial artist, but as a writer he has EVERYTHING to learn. The book contains hundreds of photographs, but it fails miserably to answer the question in the title: "how to develop chi power", because the accompanying text explains nothing. The book may (or may not) be of a value to Wing Chun students, but is useless for anybody else.
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Summary: Ok, as far as it goes
Review: William Cheung's books are not as much instruction manuals, as they are student notebooks, to be used to help remember detailed instruction. "How To Build Chi Power" is indeed a misleading title, as there are only a few chi exercises, and the bulk of the book is taken up with the form Sil Lum Tao.
What you get: The direction in which Chi is supposed to flow when performing Sil Lum Tao.
What you don't get: How to start feeling chi. How to build chi up to substantial levels, where you can actually feel it flow or use it to power your movements. Why or how during some of Sil Lum Tao movements, chi/energy flows contrary to the physical movement itself.
In short, useful if you're an intermediate to advanced Wing Chun student, useless for finding out about Chi if you're not. Personally, I like the simplicity of the Sil Lum Tao form for building up chi, but I've tapped very different sources to come this far - mainly teachings about Tai Chi.
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Summary: Ok, as far as it goes
Review: William Cheung's books are not as much instruction manuals, as they are student notebooks, to be used to help remember detailed instruction. "How To Build Chi Power" is indeed a misleading title, as there are only a few chi exercises, and the bulk of the book is taken up with the form Sil Lum Tao.
What you get: The direction in which Chi is supposed to flow when performing Sil Lum Tao.
What you don't get: How to start feeling chi. How to build chi up to substantial levels, where you can actually feel it flow or use it to power your movements. Why or how during some of Sil Lum Tao movements, chi/energy flows contrary to the physical movement itself.
In short, useful if you're an intermediate to advanced Wing Chun student, useless for finding out about Chi if you're not. Personally, I like the simplicity of the Sil Lum Tao form for building up chi, but I've tapped very different sources to come this far - mainly teachings about Tai Chi.
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